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Johnftown.

Salisbury.

Manheim.

Palatine.

Minden.

Canajoharie.

Charleston.

And that all that part of the said county of Montgome ry bounded easterly by Mayfield and Amsterdam, souther ly by the Mohawk-rier, westerly by a line running from the hill called Antho nose north to the county of Clinton, and northerly bye county of Clinton, shall be and continue a town by the name of Johnstown.

And that all that part of the said county of Montgomery bounded south by the town of Manheim, west by the county of Herkimer, north by the county of Herkimer and the county of Clinton, and east by the East Canada-creek and a line running north to the county of Clinton from the place where the south bounds of Jersey-field intersect the said creek, shall be and continue a town by the name of Salisbury.

And that all that part of the said county of Montgomery beginning on the west side of the East Canada-creek where it empties into the Mohawk-river, thence westerly up said river to the division line between the counties of Montgomery and Herkimer, thence north along the same until an east line or course strikes the northwest corner of a large lot number fourteen in a tract of land called Glen's purchase, thence easterly to the northeast corner of Glen's purchase, thence east to the said East Canada-creek, thence southerly along the same to the place of beginning, shall be and continue a town by the name of Manheim.

And that all that part of the said county of Montgomery bounded southerly by the Mohawk-river, westerly by Manheim and Salisbury, northerly by the county of Clinton, and easterly by Johnstown, shall be and continue a town by the name of Palatine.

And that all that part of the said county of Montgomery beginning at the Mohawk-river where the Otsquago-creek falls into the river, from thence up the middle of the said creek to its junction with the Otsquene-creek, from thence with a straight line to the northeast corner of Springfield patent in the division line of the counties of Otsego and Montgomery, from thence along said line westerly to the division line of the counties of Herkimer and Montgomery, then along the same northerly to the Mohawk-river, thence down along the said river to the place of beginning, shall be and continue a town by the name of Minden.

And that all that part of the said county of Montgomery bounded northerly by the Mohawk-river, westerly by Minden, southerly by the south bounds of the county, and easterly by a line running from the hill called Anthony's nose south until it strikes the south bounds of the county, shall be and continue a town by the name of Canajoharie.

And that all that part of the said county of Montgomery bounded westerly by Canajoharie, northerly by the Mohawk-river, easterly by the middle of Schoharie-creek, and southerly by the south bounds of the county, shall be and continue a town by the name of Charleston.

And that all that part of the said county of Montgomery Florida. bounded westerly by Charleston, northerly by the Mohawkriver, easterly and southerly by the Sounds of the county, shall be and continue a town by tame of Florida.

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And that all that part of the county of Herkimer bound- HERKIMER ed northerly by the Mohawk-river, easterly by the east eight towns, bounds of the county, southerly by Warren, and westerly viz. by Frankfort, shall be and continue a town by the name Germanof German-Flatts.

Flatts.

And that all that part of the said county of Herkimer, Frankfort. beginning at the south side of the Mohawk-river in the middle of the mouth of a small stream which enters the said river a few rods east of the house now or late of William Dygert, which stream is known by the name of Dygert's mill-creek, and running from thence south thirty degrees west until it meets the southern line of a tract of land granted to Coenrad Frank and others, thence westerly along the said southern line to the southwest corner of the said grant, thence westerly with a straight line to the southeast corner of Whitestown in the west bounds of the county, thence northerly along the same to the Mohawkriver, thence down and along the river to the place of beginning, shall be and continue a town by the name of Frankfort.

And that all that part of the said county of Herkimer Litchfield. bounded northerly by Frankfort, westerly and southerly by the bounds of the county, and easterly by a line beginning at the southeast corner of the town of Frankfort, and running thence south thirty degrees west to the south bounds of the county, shall be and continue a town by the name of Litchfield.

And that all that part of the said county of Herkimer Warren, bounded westerly by Litchfield, southerly and easterly by the bounds of the county, and northerly by a line beginning at the northeast corner of the town of Litchfield, and running thence easterly along the southern line of the tract of land granted to Coenrad Frank and others until it meets the southwest corner of a tract of land granted to Guy Johnson, thence easterly along the southern bounds thereof to the east bounds of the county, shall be and continue a town by the name of Warren.

And that all that part of the said county of Herkimer Schuyler. bounded southwesterly by the Mohawk-river, northwesterly by the bounds of the county, northeasterly and easterly by the West Canada-creek and a line running from the Little-Falls in the same creek southerly on a direct line to the northeast corner of a tract of land called Kast's patent, thence along the eastern line of the said tract of land to the Mohawk-river, shall be and continue a town by the name of Schuyler.

And that all that part of the said county of Herkimer Herkimer.. bounded easterly by the bounds of the county, southerly

Fairfield.

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Bridgewater.

Deerfield.

Trenton.

by the Mohawk-river, westerly by Schuler, and northerly by a line beginning on the middle line in Glen's purchase on the division line of Montgomery and Herkimer counties, and running thence westerly along the said middle line of Glen's purchase to the southwest corner of lot number seven, thence northwardly to the northeast corner of lot number five in the said purchase, from thence westerly along the line between lot number five and lot number six in a direct course to the West Canada-creek, shall be and continue a town by the name of Herkimer.

And that all that part of the said county of Herkimer bounded southerly by Herkimer, easterly by the east bounds of the county, westerly by the West Canada-creek, and northerly by a line beginning at the northwest corner of lot number thirty-seven part of the second line of lots in the second allotment of a tract commonly called the Royal-Grant which corner intersects the said west Canada-creek, and running thence east to the east bounds of the county, shall be and continue a town by the name of Fairfield.

And that all that part of the said county of Herkimer bounded southerly by Fairfield, easterly and westerly by the bounds of the county, and northerly by the county of Clinton, shall be and continue a town by the name of Norway.

And that all that part of the county of Oneida bounded southerly, easterly and westerly by the bounds of the county, and northerly by a line running due east from the northeast corner of the twentieth of the twenty townships as surveyed and laid out by the surveyor-general of this state to the east bounds of the county, and west from the same corner on the north line of the said twentieth township to the west bounds of the county, shall be and continue a town by the name of Bridgewater.

And that all that part of the said county of Oneida bounded southerly by the Mohawk-river, westerly by a line beginning at the mouth of the Nine-mile-creek on the Mohawk-river, and running from the mouth of the said creek on a direct line four miles towards a point in the east line of a tract of land granted to the Baron De Steuben one mile and an half south of the northwest corner of Service's patent, so called, northerly by Trenton, and easterly by the east bounds of the county, shall be and continue a town by the name of Deerfield.

And that all that part of the said county of Oneida bounded westerly by the town of Steuben and the west line of Deerfield continued to the tract of land granted to the Baron De Steuben, northerly by a line parallel with the north bounds of Service's patent to the West Canada-creek, easterly by the east bounds of the county and a line running from the northwest corner of lot number fifty-five in

county of Saratoga beginning in the middle of a public highway in the town of Greenfield south of and adjoining the late dwelling house of George Shove, esquire, deceased, thence easterly along the middle of the said highway to a place where the same intersects a public highway between the dwelling houses of Jeremiah Eddy and Waterman Carpenter, thence due east to the east line of the said town of Greenfield, from thence easterly on a straight line to a place on the west bank of the Hudson-river in the town of Northumberland called Flat-Rock, thence due east to the county of Washington, thence northerly on the division line between the counties of Washington and Saratoga to the northeast corner of the said town of Greenfield, thence westerly along the north line thereof to the northwest corner thereof, thence southerly along the west line thereof to a place due west from the place of beginning, and from thence on a straight line due east to the place of beginning, shall be and hereby is erected into a separate town by the name of Hadley; and that the first town meeting in the said town of Hadley shall be held at the dwelling house of Daniel Ashley in said town; and that all the remaining part of the said town of Greenfield shall be and remain a separate town by the name of Greenfield; and that all the remaining part of the said town of Northumberland, shall be and remain a separate town by the name of Northumberland; and that the next annual town meeting to be held in the said towns of Greenfield and Northumberland shall be held at the places to which they respectively stand adjourned.

[RESIDUE OF THIS ACT OBSOLETE.]

CHA P. XIX.

An ACT to divide the Town of Providence, in the County of Saratoga.

Passed 13th March, 1801,
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the first Monday of April next, all that part of the town of Providence in the county of Saratoga beginning at a place on the west line of said town six miles from the southwest corner thereof, thence easterly on a straight line parallel with the south line of the said town to the east bounds thereof, thence northerly along the east line of said town of Providence to the northeast corner thereof, thence westerly along the north bounds of said town to the northwest corner thereof, thence southerly along the west bounds of said town to the place of beginning, shall be and hereby is erected into a separate town, by the name of Northfield; and the first town meeting in the said town

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ner of great lot number forty-one in said Fonda's patent, then along said line and the north bounds of lot number forty-one and lots number forty, thirty-nine, thirty-eight, thirty-seven and thirty-six in said Fonda's patent to the place of beginning, shall be and continue a town by the name of Floyd.

And that all that part of the said county of Oneida within the limits and bounds following, viz. Beginning at the southwest corner of lot twenty-seven in Fonda's purchase joining the town of Floyd, thence running northerly along the westerly line of said lot and continued in that direction to the north side of a tract of land now or late belonging to John Lansing, thence easterly along the northerly side of said Lansing's land and continued in that direction to the town of Remsen, thence southerly on the west line of Remsen and Trenton to the northeast corner of the town of Floyd, thence westerly on the line of said town to the place of beginning, shall be and continue a town by the name of Steuben.

And that all that part of the said county of Oneida bounded easterly by Steuben, northerly by a line running westerly from the northwest corner of Steuben along the northerly line of John Lansing's land and continued in the same direction until it strikes ish-creek, thence down said creek to the north line of Rome, thence easterly along said line to the place of beginning, shall be and continue a town by the name of Western.

And that all that part of the said county of Oneida bounded easterly by Remsen, southerly by Steuben and Western, westerly by Camden, Turin, Lowville, Champion, Watertown and the west bounds of the state, and northerly by the county of Clinton, shall be and continue a town by the name of Leyden.

And that all that part of the said county of Oneida bounded easterly by Floyd, northerly by a line to begin at the northwest corner of Floyd and running a direct course along the north bounds of great lots number thirty-five, thirty-four, thirty-three, thirty-one, thirty, twenty-nine and eighty-three in Fonda's patent to Canada-creek, thence down and along the same to its junction with Wood-creek, thence southeasterly along the line of the Oneida reservation till it strikes a line running due west from the mouth of the Nine-mile-creek, then easterly along that line to the mouth of the Nine-mile-creek, together with all that part of township number two in Scriba's patent lying east of Fish-creek and south of Western, shall be and continue a town by the name of Rome.. And that all that part of the said county of Oneida included within the following bounds, to wit: Beginning at the northwest corner of township number four in George Scriba's patent, thence southerly and easterly on the line between townships number four and five, six and

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